Les Davidson

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Les Davidson
Personal information
Full nameLes Davidson
Born (1963-04-03) 3 April 1963 (age 59)
Playing information
Height188 cm (6 ft 2 in)
Weight94 kg (14 st 11 lb)
Position Prop, Second-row
Club
YearsTeamPldTGFGP
1984–90 South Sydney 11350020
1988–89 Warrington 2240016
1989–90 Wigan 112008
1991–98 Cronulla-Sutherland 133130052
Total279240096
Representative
YearsTeamPldTGFGP
1986–87 Australia 40000
1987–88 New South Wales 51004
Source: [1] [2]

Les Davidson is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1980s and 1990s. He played for the South Sydney Rabbitohs and Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks and represented at both the State and national levels. His position of choice on the field was second-row or prop. [2]

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Playing career

Davidson made his first grade début for the South Sydney Rabbitohs in 1985. At the end of the 1986 NSWRL season, he became the first South Sydney player in over a decade to be selected for Australia when he went on the 1986 Kangaroo tour of Great Britain and France. He played five State of Origin matches for New South Wales and was named Man of the match in Game 1, 1987.

Davidson was a member of the New South Wales Origin squad which played Queensland at Veterans Stadium, Long Beach, California on 6 August 1987. Davidson also represented Australia in a number of Test Matches. He is listed on the Australian Players Register as Kangaroo No. 577. [3]

In the Australian off-season of 1988 and 1989, Davidson had two stints in England playing for the Warrington Wolves and Wigan Warriors. [4]

After very nearly joining the Brisbane Broncos, Davidson signed with Cronulla-Sutherland. He made 133 appearances in first grade for the Sharks, adding hardened representative experience to the Cronulla pack during the 1990s, and became a Sharkies favourite. [5]

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  2. 1 2 "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
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